Where a metal sawing machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a metal sawing machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Metal sawing machine operators set up and operate metal sawing machines designed to cut excess metal from a metal workpiece by the use of a (or several) large toothed-edges blade(s). They also trim clean finished shapes out of metal using tin snips, metal shears or wire cutters. They also smoothen and trim sharp or rough edges using various tools.
Also known as saw shop operator, saw operator, metal power saw trimmer, metal cutter, metal cut-off saw trimmer, metal sawing machine technician, metalworking power saw operator, shear saw operator, shear operator, cut-off operator, metal sawyer, metal power saw operator.
Craft and related trades workers 53 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: milling machine operator, 80%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A metal sawing machine operator needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- tend metal sawing machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- types of sawing blades engineering, manufacturing and construction
- use automatic programming working with computers
- statistical process control natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- dispose of cutting waste material handling and moving
- program a CNC controller working with computers
- quality and cycle time optimisation engineering, manufacturing and construction
- supply machine with appropriate tools handling and moving
- remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
- use CAM software working with computers
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a metal sawing machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- punch press operator 79% covered · difficulty 26.4
- engraving machine operator 76% covered · difficulty 30.9
- oxy fuel burning machine operator 73% covered · difficulty 34.3
- laser beam welder 73% covered · difficulty 34
- plasma cutting machine operator 72% covered · difficulty 35.3
- electron beam welder 72% covered · difficulty 35.3
- spark erosion machine operator 71% covered · difficulty 35.9
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Metal sawing machine operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a metal sawing machine operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.